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Setting the Stage: I had an opportunity to meet Evan Wilke at this year’s annual Tri-Association Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica. Heidi Hayes Jacobs and I were leading a two-day workshop around the Contemporary Quest Model based on the Read More …
This blog was originally posted on spencerauthor.com. To hear more from John Spencer, you can also listen to his podcast, The Creative Classroom with John Spencer. I’m not a fan of group work. I have vivid memories of doing “team Read More …
Professional Learning Through Collaborative Creativity Creativity, like wildfire, spreads with more kindling. Likewise, ideas can grow with more collaborators. What I come up with on my own might be good, but better ideas are generated when I work with others, Read More …
Homework has come to be one of, if not the most, stressful things that kids worry about today. If you asked 100 high school students what stresses them out in school most, I guarantee that at least 75 of them Read More …
In high school, things were a little different than I was used to in middle school. A couple of students who were close to me through our extra-curricular activities started to let slip that “everyone was talking about how no Read More …
Getting along well with other people is still the world’s most needed skill. With it…there is no limit to what a person can do. We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very little we can do Read More …
“Change is the new normal: no industry is standing still these days, and this means that the innovation challenges we face are also constantly changing.” — Adam Richardson, creative director at Frog Design Do you ever find yourself fixed in Read More …
This past week, President Obama fired up imaginations and aspirations in his declaration — to get humans not only to Mars but to spend time exploring the planet. President Barack Obama: America Is Going to Mars US Will Send People Read More …
In 2007, Aveson Charter Schools opened its doors. Their big idea? To deliver learning that was personalized to every student. That was a tall order in those days. Education reform was hot but most reform initiatives were focused on standardization Read More …
I cried. It was during the passing period between the first two block periods of the day as I was checking my text messages and the news stopped me in mid step. “Did Grant Wiggins pass away?” Sure enough, the Read More …